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ED Negotiated Rulemaking: Thoughts, Updates, and New Position Papers from OLC, UPCEA, & WCET
Published by: WCET | 2/27/2019
The Department of Education has a long list of higher education regulations under consideration in its negotiated rulemaking process. As the calendar of meetings winds down, the path to agreement on most issues remains rocky, but not impossible. Lost in […]
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Past the Point of No Return: The Not-So-Shadow Education Sector
Published by: WCET | 2/1/2019
Welcome to Sasha Thackaberry (Vice Provost, Digital and Continuing Education at Louisiana State University and member of WCET’s Executive Council) who authored today’s guest blog post. At a couple meetings of our Executive Council, we’ve had brief discussions about the […]
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ED Negotiated Rulemaking: Issue Summary and Seeking Your Input
Published by: WCET | 1/30/2019
WCET continues to cover the wide-ranging set of rule changes that are being proposed under the U.S. Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking process. The Department is seeking input on several major changes on issues with special focus on accreditation and […]
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Announcing the Report Reader Checklist: Your newest research resource
Published by: WCET | 1/18/2019
Today we’re excited to welcome Mary Ellen Dello Stritto and Kathryn Linder from the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit to introduce an excellent new resource: the Report Reader Checklist. This checklist is a set of criteria that can help […]
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Congratulations! You are a Best Ranked School! But…
Published by: WCET | 1/16/2019
In the media and in communications to your PR staff, there will be lots of hype this week about ranking online programs. In the past, we have been critical of such rankings on the basis of the quality of their […]
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ED Negotiated Rulemaking: First Reactions and a Preview
Published by: WCET | 1/14/2019
A fond welcome and thank you to Van Davis, Foghlam Consulting, for his analysis of what will be discussed in the U.S. Department of Education’s rulemaking process, which begins this week. As you will see, there sure is a lot […]
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ED Negotiated Rulemaking: Suggested Principles for Addressing Issues
Published by: WCET | 1/7/2019
The U.S. Department of Education begins meetings of its negotiated rulemaking main committee and subcommittees next week. There are several issues that will have an impact on the technology-enhanced higher education community. These decision will affect your students, faculty, and your […]
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The Year in Review – What WCET Frontiers Posts Did You Read in 2018?
Published by: WCET | 12/20/2018
[caption id="attachment_10667" align="alignright" width="321"] Casey Kasem. Photo from The Scooby-Doo! Gang: In Their Own Words DVD.[/caption] In 2018, the idea for a “Most Popular Movie” Oscar (thankfully) came and went, we debated whether we heard “laurel” or “yanni,” and J.R. […]
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Regional Collaboration in Promoting OER Adoption
Published by: WCET | 12/12/2018
Today WCET Frontiers is excited to showcase the recent Open Educational Resources (OER) Implementation and Policy Summit for the MHEC States. This multi-state OER meeting brought together OER advocates from across campuses, legislatures, faculty, students, and more to collaboratively learn […]
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Accessibility & Procurement: What do we need to know?
Published by: WCET | 11/14/2018
WCET and the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) jointly offer this blog post on a topic of national interest to education communities. This post is part of the on-going collaboration on accessibility issues between WCET and OLC. Thank you to Kelly Hermann, University […]